Things to do for October 28, 2010

The Weekender

Pigs and Lobster, Ghosts and the Giants

Thursday

Your go-to sports/cocktail/Cheers-influenced saloon is redefining happy hour around the World
Series games—weekday and weekend. There’s $2 off Elixir IPA pints and muddled orange and cachaça
Gigantes Caipirinhas for $6. Seems like a manageable good-luck ritual.

A cross between a European bistro and a luxe bordello, Gitane—with its moody, high-romance
decor—sets an ideal scene for whiskey drinking. And as luck would have it, the goat cheese-stuffed
bonbons wrapped in smoked bacon pair perfectly with bourbon—a high-romance affair of its own.

The guys behind this line of limited-edition
boots made out of the same leather that goes into making NFL footballs will be at Unionmade tonight to
talk shop over a few Anchor Steams. Boots and beer are always a trustworthy formula.

Friday

MORE HAPPY HOURING

Prospect Debuts Happy Hour

You expect happy hours to be about drinks. Seven-dollar martinis: sure, sounds about right. Add in
Crispy Pig Trotter Tots with Lobster Aioli or Fried Oysters to the deal, and maybe it
needs a new name...

Sunday

GHOST BUSTERS

Ghost Walk at the Palace Hotel

This pre-quake downtown hotel’s seen many prominent guests come and go—sometimes forever... Which is to
say that it has its fair share of ghost stories and paranormal activity dating back beyond 1906. Since walls
don’t talk, drop by for a tour and find someone who does.

Flesh and the Devil Speakeasy at Heart

You’ll be in for an exclusive, passcode-required night of costumed debauchery where wine replaces candy
alongside a snort of moonshine and gratis shots. Food like Blood & Guts (griddled blood sausage
and 12-hour tripe stew) and the sweetbread-driven Brains in Vats will be on hand. It might help to
ignore the names...